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A son of Abraham and Keturah, Ge 25:2. He is supposed to have settled in Arabia, near Midian his brother.

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contention, the third son of Abraham by Keturah (Ge 25:2).

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Fausets

("strife".) Ge 25:2. Son of Abraham and Keturah. Identified with Midian in Ge 37:28,36. The Keturahites early merged into the Ishmaelite tribes.

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Hastings

One of the sons of Abraham and Keturah (Ge 25:2 = 1Ch 1:32). The existence of such a tribe, however, is very doubtful. In Ge 37:36 'Medanites' is miswritten for Midianites (see Revised Version margin), and there is every likelihood that in the former passage 'Medan' is a doublet of 'Midian,' the next word in the verse. Medan is unknown elsewhere in the Bible, nor is it represented by the name of any people in any extra-Biblical document. To connect it with the name of an Arabian god Mad

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Gen 25:2

and she bare to him Zimran, and Yokshan, and Medan, and Midian, - and Ishbak, and Shuah.

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Gen 37:36

Now, the Midianites, sold him into Egypt, - to Potiphar courtier of Pharaoh, chief of the royal executioners.

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Verse Concepts

1 Chron 1:32

And, the sons of Keturah, the concubine of Abraham, she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah, - and, the sons of Jokshan, Sheba, and Dedan;

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Morish

Medan'

Son of Abraham and Keturah. Ge 25:2; 1Ch 1:32. His descendants have not been traced.

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Smith

Me'dan

(contention), a son of Abraham and Keturah.

Ge 23:5; 1Ch 1:42

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